Chromosomal variation among populations of a fungus-farming ant: implications for karyotype evolution and potential restriction to gene flow

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-378025
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.37802

Cardoso, Danon Clemens

; Heinze, Jürgen ; Moura, Mariana Neves ; Cristiano, Maykon Passos

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Background: Intraspecific variation in chromosome structure may cause genetic incompatibilities and thus provides the first step in the formation of species. In ants, chromosome number varies tremendously from 2n = 2 to 2n = 120, and several studies have revealed considerable variation in karyotype within species. However, most previous studies were limited to the description of chromosome number ...